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In January 2018 LFI hosted an economic development seminar at the New Riff Distillery in Newport, Kentucky. Charles Leachman, Senior Geologist with LFI, is shown addressing the attendees in the photo above. The seminar focused on the opportunities, benefits and liability protection available to individuals involved in visioning, financing and redeveloping commercial/industrial properties in Northern Kentucky. Speakers included Mr. Vivek Sarin, Executive Officer with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, as well as representatives from the Northern Kentucky Area Development District, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, local government officials, regional developers, lenders and LFI.

In 2014-2015, LFI served as a primary teaming partner of an Atlanta-based urban planning and architectural design firm (Lord Aeck Sargent) in the implementation of an Area-Wide Planning Grant for the Louisville Metro Department of Economic Development.

By Collin Linebach Project Scientist I am, by far, not the most seasoned veteran of RCRA in our office. Heck, most of the guys here are old enough to remember when RCRA was passed into law by Congress! Recently, however, I attended the EPA Region 4 RCRA Facility Investigation Remedy Selection Track (FIRST) training in…

It hadn’t been a dry cleaners for over 40 years. The research was clear though – City Directory records from as early as 1930 through 1971 indicated that it had been there – and it was enough information to call it a ‘recognized environmental condition’. That is, the presence of a dry cleaners was enough…

KDEP’s Hazardous Waste Management Fund is the only funding mechanism available to clean up contaminated sites that have no viable responsible party. Several of these sites include former dry cleaning operations and abandoned industrial properties whose former owners may have died or gone bankrupt. Funding for the HWMF, which was created in 1980, is…

Linebach Funkhouser, Inc. (LFI) completed its annual 8-hour refresher course of OSHA Standard 1910.120 on November 7, 2014. In addition to current and previous LFI staff, attendees included professionals from industry, government, and contractors. A total of 34 persons attended the day long training session, which LFI has offered annually since 2002. The purpose of…

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming 12th Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference on Feb. 20-21 in Lexington, KY will include two presentations by Linebach Funkhouser, Inc. (LFI) personnel. On February 21st, Bill Johnston, Principal Geologist, will speak on Soil and Groundwater Remediation Issues and Case Studies. Also on the 21st, Roy Funkhouser, Principal, is teamed with…